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Bennie and the Jets (cover) live.

Bennie and the Jets, live. So a few words about the song. When I was 5 or so years old, it would come over the AM radio. I vaguely remember seeing Elton John do the song in a wild outfit, like a bird with odd glasses, perfect for my child mind. Getting older, I am thinkin’ ‘BENNIES’ is Speed. So that is all well and good (kinda). Then the kicker is after 9/11 in the States, the genius government figured that the []

Can’t Find My Way Home (cover) live

Can’t Find My Way Home, live. All that I am going to say here, is that the first time that I heard the song I was in a Freezing Blizzard in Chicago in December 1988. I was chasing down a friend of mine named Dwight, as I tended to do back then. She was attending the Chicago Institute of the Arts. Being the puppy I was, I raided the tape collection, this is what I found.

Southern Man (cover) live

Southern Man (live). (lyrics) Southern man better keep your head Don’t forget what your good book said Southern change gonna come at last Now your crosses are burning fast Southern man I saw cotton and I saw black Tall white mansions and little shacks. Southern man when will you pay them back? I heard screamin’ and bullwhips cracking How long? How long? Southern man better keep your head Don’t forget what your good book said Southern change gonna come at last Now []

Down by the River (cover) live

Down by the River, live. (lyrics) Be on my side, I’ll be on your side, baby There is no reason for you to hide It’s so hard for me staying here all alone When you could be taking me for a ride. Yeah, she could drag me over the rainbow, send me away Down by the river I shot my baby Down by the river, Dead, oh, shot her dead. You take my hand, I’ll take your hand Together we may get []

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, live (cover)

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, live. I am not going to include lyrics with the song. If you do not know them by heart, I cannot fathom how you missed it. I told a friend that I like doing Beatle covers. Her reaction was, “Ah gawd, I HATE THEM! I had to take an entire semester course about them in college.” That freaked me out, they teach Beatles in College? What the ‘bleep’? Guess it sounded just as strange when I []

Heart of Gold, live (cover)

Heart of Gold, live. Have to do music every so often , to keep that muscle strong. (lyrics) I want to live, I want to give I’ve been a miner for a heart of gold. It’s these expressions I never give That keep me searching for a heart of gold. And I’m getting old. Keep me searching for a heart of gold And I’m getting old. I’ve been to Hollywood I’ve been to Redwood I crossed the ocean for a heart of []